Idia gopheri

Idia gopheri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Idia
Species: I. gopheri
Binomial name
Idia gopheri
(J. B. Smith, 1899)

Idia gopheri, commonly known as the tortoise commensal noctuid moth, is a species of litter moth in the family Erebidae. It is only known from Lake Worth and Port Sewell north to Escambia and Liberty Counties in Florida, but it might also be present in southeastern Alabama and southern Georgia.

Larvae live and feed in gopher tortoise burrows.


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